Fare-register.



L. EHRLIGH.

Patented May 25, 1909.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 1.-

L. EHRLICH.

FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.23, 1895- 922,,868. Patented May 25, 1909.

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L. BERLIGE FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23, 1895.

Patented May 25, 1909.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

L. EHRLIGH.

Y FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 23, 1895.

Patented May 25, 1909.

6 SHEETS-RESET 4.

'L. EHRLIGH. FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23, 1895.

Patented May 1909.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 5- L. EHRLIUH.

FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.23,1895.

Patented May 25, 1909.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 6.

, {gum y hww nrunn srnfrs LEO EHRLIOH, OF ST. IIOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOIt TO AMERIOAN REGISTER COMPANY, O ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

FARE-RE GISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent;

7 Patented May25, 1909.

Application filed December 23, 1895. Serial No. 573,126.

the State of Missouri, have invented a cer' tain new and useful Improvement in Fare- Registers, of which the following is a de scription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates more particularly to pawl for actuating it, and some other parts,

removed, the pawl-carrier being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 4 avertical section approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig.4 a perspective deta l of the locking arm or lugs on the pawl-carrier; Fig. 5 a sectional detail approximately on the line 55 of Fig. 3; Figs. 6, 6 and 7 detail views of modifications of the controlling or governing devices; Fig. '7 a sectional detail taken from Fig. 4 but showing a modified arrangement of the parts; Fig. 8 a perspective view of the fastening plate by which the register is secured-to the wall of the car; Figs. 9 and 10 sectional details of the fastening/devices; Fig. 11' a perspective view of the locking screw and the key or wrench for turning the same; and Fig. 12 a view illustrating means for operating the register when inposition in a car.

The. same letters ofreference are used-to re resent identical parts in all the figures.

.11 its general form my new or improved registeris substantially the same as the one heretofore patented to me, so that the following description will be directed more particularly to its novel features, such brief references as. may be necessary being made to the old construction. j I g r The pointer A, which cooperates with the numbered dial B is fastened to the hub of the trip register wheel O mounted. upon a ost at the center of the machine, as-usual.

hiswheet is actuated by a pawl I) carried by a lever or pawl-carrier E pivoted 11 mm a post at F and yieldingly held in norma position, with the awl D disengaged from the .teeth of the wieel C, by a coiled spring G surrounding a rod I-I passing through the lower end of the lever E, and confined there on. between said lever and the'collar at the upper end of the rod. The pawl-carrier and pawl are actuated by an operating lever I whose inner end is fast to a rock shaft J 5 which also has fast upon it an arm K whose lower end contacts with the pawl carrier E at a and whose upper end contacts with it at b, the lever E being suitably shaped for that purpose. The result is thatwhen the upper end of the lever I is pulled downward the lower end of the arm K will force the paw carrier. E toward the right and cause the pawl to advance the wheel C the space of one tooth, and thereby cause the pointer to add one number upon the dial, while an upward" movement of the outer end of the lever I will cause the upper end of the arm K to force the pawl-carrier E to the right with like result.

. My new machine, as my former one, is in tended to indicate and register different classes of fare, and the means em loyed'for that purpose may be now descrimd. The two registers L and M are mounted in a framework N secured to the back plate of the machine. The wheels of the register L are loose upon a shaft O, Fig. 5, which carries at its inner or left end, Fig. 3, a beveled inion I which meshes constantly with t eveled gear upon the under side of a tr register wheel O, the shaft 0 thereby turning with said-wheel. Splined upon the outer end of the shaft 0 is a clutch member Q adapted'to be slid backward and forward upon the shaft into and out of engagement with the primary wheel of the register L. In the present instance the clutch engagement is effected by means of one or more 'pins 0 projecting from the side of the register-wheel and adapted to cooperate with a toothed disk or gear wheel (1 fast u on the left hand end of the clutch member 82, Figs.

2, l and 5. When the clutch member-- is sifted to its left hand position the pin fits in the space between two of the teeth of the wheel 41, causing the clutch member to carry the wheel with it when the shaft is i turned, and when the clutch member. is shifted to the right the pin and wheel (1 are ber is shifted back and forth, into cooperawheel d is thrown tion with the register L and the registe' M,

by means of a forked arln l? engaging a on"- cumferentlal groove 1n the clutch niemb'ei hand end of a sliding rod S mounted in bear- 1 ings upon the back plate of the machine and i carrying at its extreme left hand a roller T 1 which iits against the edge of a sector plate U fast upon the rock shaft J which carries the operating handle I, such engagement be ing enforced by means of a coiled spring V surrounding the rod :5 near its right hand end and confined between a pin W passed through the said rod and the right hand bearing X in which the rod iss pported, Fig. 3.

The upper half of the edge of the sector 1 plate U is cut away to form a sl'ioulder or cam on the edge of the plate at g, with theresult that whenever the outer end of the operating lever l. is pulled downward and the sector plate U thereby thrown upward the rod S will. be forced to the right and the clutch member be disengaged from the register L and thrown into gear with the register M, so that the further movement of the parts, by whirlthe trip register wheel 1s turned, will cause the primary wheel of the register M to be shifted) will be effected before the pawl begins to turn the trip register wheel C.

The pawl carrier E has secured to and 5 formed integral with it an arm (1/, Figs. 2, 4 and 4, against whose upper end the pawl is pressed and yieldingly held by a coiled spring 6. The upper end of the arm a is shaped to engage the wheel at the limit of movement of the pawl carrier and pawl, and thereby lock the wheel C and prevent any overthrow of it by momentum in the case of any quick or violent operation of the machine. lower end of the arm a serves a purpose hereafter described.

The transfers between the several wheels of the registers L and M are effected by the usual transfer phiions c, Fig. 5, while the The 1 --"indicator to the position shown in Figs.

ceases .tion and backward movement of them prevented by the usual s i ringpresscd holding pawls, Fig. 5. a

The fare indicator, by which the different classes of fares are indicated, consists of a curved plate Y supported upon the right hand end of a reel; shaft Z mounted at its opposite ends in bearings upon the back plate of the machine, Fig. 3, and bears in this instance the words Ticket and Cash, representing those two classes of fare. The

j extreme left hand end of shaft 5 is bent and last at its opposite-end upon the right A will contact with the downwardly bent end of the shaft Z and rock it and carry the and 5, in which position it will remain, being held by the friction of its hearings or otherwise, until the lever I is given a downward operating movement, whereupon the lug B will contact with the end of the shaft Z and rock it and shift the indicator Y to position to expose the word Ticket 1n the manner and by the means above described when the operating handle I is given a downward movement the fare indicator will. be shifted to expose the word Ticket, and the register M will be actuated to register a ticket fare, and when szid handle is given an upward movement the indicator Y will. be caused to expose the word Cash, and the register L be actuated to register cash fare.

The means for resetting the trip register to zero will be next described. The resetting shaft (3 is mounted to rotate and to slide in and outin bearings D E", as usual, and has fast upon it near'its inner end a beveled gear F adapted when the shaft is slid inward to its limit of movement to mesh with the beveled gear upon the under side of the trip register wheel C, so that upon then. turning the shaft C the trip register wheel may be turned to initial position. Mounted to slide in and out with the shaft C is a frame .r, the shaft passing through and being free to turn in. openings in the right hand end of the two transverse bars of such frame, said bars l2; 7 ting against the front and rear ends of the hub of the gear F, so that the frame is carried in and out with." the shaft, while the latter turns independently of it. livoted to this frame is a latch ll which. cooperates with a block or plateil fast upon the upper side of the bearing Eyto latch the shaft (1 in its inner )osition durin the resettiu 0 )er- 1 primary wheels areyieldingly held in posi moved outward to normal position, usual.

15 setting shaft C by meals of a pawl G car- 25 latch are provided, the inner or upper one of eaaeee In such outer position the. shaft is locked from turning by means of a pawl J which. engages the gear F at one end and is held in looking engagement therewith by a lug'K projecting upward from the back plate of the machine, upon which lug the rear end of the I pawl normally rests. When the shaft is pushed inward the pawl is carried away from this lug, so that its opposite end may yield 10 and permit the gear'F to turn.

It will he noticed that the latch H has two shoulders or catches, the purpose of which is as Linen-s: The trip indicator G is actuated at each reci rocation of the reried by the frame G and'engaging a ratchet I on the end of the indicator G Fig. 4. New,

' to prevent the shaft C being pushed in toward resetting position, but not far enough forit to become latched in resetting position, and then moved outward again, and in this manner causing the pawl G to turn the trip indicator, without the trip register having been reset, the double shoulders upon the g which catches over the block I as soon as'the shaft C has been slightly pressed in, so that after the shaft has been thusrdisplaced from normal position it cannot be returned thereto without first pressing it in to complete reset-. ting position and turning it until the trip register is reset. Thus the trip indicator can be shifted onlyat each resetting of the trip register.

lnstead of shifting the trip indicator G automatically, or incidentally to the'resetting of the trip register, it may, if desired be shifted by a positive independent operation. Thus, in Fig. 3 I have shown (in dotted lines) 40 the s indle of the indicator 6 extended to the right through the casing of the machine and provided with a' thumb-piece G by which it may be turned. To normally lock the indicator and prevent its being turned except when the shaft C is slid in to resetting position, the armGr which acts as apawl, to turn the indicator under the construction heretofore described, may be shaped to. act as a locking arm and cooperate with the squared end of the roller G as shown in Fig. 7 Under such an. arrangement the arm G will normally look the roller from turning, but unlock it when the shaft C isslid inward to resetting position.

During the resetting of the tripregister wheel it is necessary that the actuating pawl and the permanent register or registers shall bedisengaged from it, and it has been common in machines of thischaraeter to provide (so means for automatically effecting such disengagement when the resetting shaft is pressed inward toresetting position. In my present machi nze, inasmuch as the actuating ew: D is normallyout. of engagement with 56 thetrip register Wheel 0 it is not necessary to disengage it from said wheel upon moving x the shaft C to resetting position; but masmuch as the trip register wheel, under the adjustment illustrated and-described, is normally in gear with the permanent register L it follows that they must be disengaged in order to permit the trip register wheel to be reset. Thisengagement is effected. by means of a bell crank L, Fig. 3, whose upper end fits in a notch in the shifter rod S, and whose lower arm projects in the path of an arm or plate M secured to the right hand end of the frame G which moves in and out with the resetting shaft C, Fig. 4. \Vhen said shaft is pressed inward to resetting position the rod S will be shifted. so far to the right as to carry the clutch. member Q, out of engager. p lnent with both the register L and the gear e,

so that while the shaft is held in such inward position both registers 'will be disengaged from the trip register. Inasmuch as the rod S is shifted to the right in this operation. against the tei'ision of the spring U, as heretofore described it follows that such spring will operate as a resetting spring for the shaft U as well, though the latter may be provided with a special spring if desired.

For the purpose of locking the operating handle 1 during the resetting operation of the trip register. then: is provided locking dog 0 pivoted upon the same pivot l as the pawl-carrier E, and adapted to cooperate at its upper end with a notch P in the edge of the sector plate N. A pin- Q upon a plate projecting upward from the frame G 1' ts in a notch in the dog 0 and operates when the resetting shaft is pressed inward to force the dog into the notch P in the plate N and I thereby hold such plate and the operating handle locked from movement so long as the shaft C remains in resetting position.

The machine is provided with a gong it sounded by a striker S, which striker is ac tuated by a pawl T pivoted to the pawlcarrier E. The pawl T is formed with a hook or shoulder upon the under side of its right hand end, which hook is adapted to catch over a tooth or projection U upon the triker S when the upper end or the pawl is thrown to the right, and when it moves to this left to normal position the pawl T pulls E416 striker to the left against the tension of (spring V until the hook of the pawl T sips oil the projection U and releases the. striker and permits the spring to throwit against the gong. The pawl T also serves another purpose, as follows. Its under side rests upon and in its movement to the right rides over a fixed piece VI, in this instance an arm secured to the upper end of a post upon the backplate of the machine. The pawl T is provided upon-its under side with a notch or shoulder h. When the awl car- .i'ier and Ipawl have been moved a short distance toward the right the shoulder in will 1122 .1 drops est-0h over hhe end of the arm W and pre- "Jeni return movemen of the perils, so 1e :1 oompiete stroke and Luereby roses fuii o 1 $1011 of the 1111110111110. .111 the return meut of the perts the shoifider i the end of the sun 37 the pawl pulls the strmer S backward, and when. it becomes disengaged from the striker it drops back so 11 X a; 1 W1 1v 1 11 posuion enomr. 111e 11m 1. 111 com 11001 1011 1 71.611 The 1 ed member 5. our

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other purpose conueetiou 1 the me nor #1. The pswi 1s prey. upon upper with 11 shoulder 'i erreu 'ed to cooperate with the iower end of 10 X. confined 1n :1 housmg '1' upon the be plate oi the machine and press i downward by :1 spring. The lower end his rod 2i sets as :3 stop or ebutn'rent to cooperate with she shoulder i 011 the pawl F. Under h st r lotion illustrat d it will be 1t sue p21 moves forward the stand in she 11511711 of the shoulder shoulder 71 eaesrs the end the 2,1 In W permits the light 1.1111111 end of the oswvi drop slightly Just before the should er 71 clears the end oi the I the shop cfiris squarely in the path or the shoulder L sothei; 1f the pawl 1s 06mg moved quickly to the rig1t the shoulder 11 strike the stop arrest the parts before the right hand t 1W has t 0 to orop one per-1111s stop. the y 411 118 the i 1 new:

1 quickly 3 m suouider 1- 171111 eoutect 111% the stop and smog handle Yemen of the o no eotion o J 1 E 1101 zip s resume the so in connection with the serves not ohiy 11, eol11glete-s broiz eviee, 111 also as a. governor to prevent en violent operation of the machine, and i113 rese respeets its operationis esf're y disiiuot from its operation as 2111 actuating device for the gong striker, as Will be readily understood. The gong might be removed and the u )per end of the gong striker out off without a "ecting the opersuiou of the for these pursposes, or other mes-11s than the gong striker however, the ports are violently openue might be so purpose of 1 iii-inter your; to enable the snouiaier 71 to 1? member W. iug as e gove i115 V as not use that the reeiproesbiu mom-m 111111 1 st 111 It my be Znember, even e specie 02 e "c-ion. except pert vice, end. where 1t is no; in? e serve thepurpose of 0o viee the shouider Z1 lued, so ohm in 131s book's/er of the zgerts will old thus make it the reciproca -b51111 remo shoulder to clear the V1 aiso, w ll. not be the shall be e yielding one-flout it may be fixed. Thus o, 6 and ere illustrated three simple oonsf; notions and errsugernents by e 125.- :e mai rp mber mey bemnuie e g device to 1 movement the sorts.

As seen in Fig. the st i he shooid 'eming 'tio'u, while 'he shoulder 11 or Sz'LlClmember is roundestud or pin B the parts be moved forward '10: 1 will drop evehe pin siiou cier -i reaches the o the shoulder i to however. the

she shoulder '11 the backward movemeu shoulder 71 Wili ride up u after the shoulder 6 has p-- the stop EL, and the monomer sumes its normal position.

In 6 the stop X right of the member AF, so t. latter may strike the see is moved. forward too not neeesss t t end of the member A W13} be lifted 1111 12 1. :.-11e shoulder 'i is Carri-sci into the plane i110 lower end of the stop. The shoulder 71 mil 9 means for causing the member to strike the stop when moved quickly or violently and to permit it to clear the stop when moved slowly. The yielding stop X of Figs. 2 and 3 also performs a, useful function in connection with the pawl T quite independently of the fixed member 'W 'and the shoulder h upon the under side of the pawl.

Thus, as the pawl returnstoward the left, retracting the striker with it, it will, as its right hand end rises, press the stop X upward into its housing Y, and as soon as the shoulder t passes to the left of the stop the latter will spring downward in front of it. This occurs before the pawl releases the striker, which release does not take place until the parts have returned almost to normal position. The result is that after the parts have been moved backward far enough for the shoulder'i to pass the stop X they cannot be moved forward again without first returning them to substantiallyinitiallposition. This cooperation of the stop X wit the shoulder 71 thus insures the complete return stroke of the parts, the cooperation of the shoulder h with the member W insures their complete forward stroke.

The next feature of my invention relates to means for automatically mufiling the sound of the gong at the registration of one class of fare, so that the gong will be caused to give forth different sounds at the registrations of I different classes of fare, and thereby serve as hammer S.

a means, in addition to or in place of the fare indicator, for distinguishing the two classes of fares .The device employed for this purpose consists in the present instance of an arm fastalpon the rock shaft Z which carries the fare indicator Y, and which arm, when the shaft Z is rocked to position to expose the ticket sign to View, is thrown against the gong, and serves to d'eaden or inui'fie the sound thereof when the gong is struck by the Under the particular arrangement shown in the drawings the arm last upon the rock-shalt Z consists of a downward extension 0 ol the left hand supporting I 2, engaging a shoulder lormed on the leit arm of the indicator plate Y, Fig. 2, though it may just as well be a separate arm 'l'ast upon the shaft, or any other suitably supeither by the friction of the shaft Z in its into position to indicate aticket fare the arm 0 is pressed against the gong and remains in contact therewith until moved from it by the registration of a cash fare. To add to the muflling effect the lower end of the arm 0 which contacts with the gong, may be provided with some'sort of a pad if desired.

As above stated, the gong and mufiiing device may be employed as a substitute for the fare indicator, for indicating the different classes of fares. So far as I am aware I am the first in the art to employ, in a fare regis ter, the combination of a trip register, two permanent registers for registering different classes of fares, and a gong mechanism or alarm mechanism of any kind, (whether a single gong with a mufiiing device, as .described, or two separate gongs), for the purpose described, and my invention in' this rethe number of fares indicated upon the dial,

in this instance, as usual, the highest number that may be registered upon the dial being 99. To this end I provide the dial with an opening Y, Fig. 1, at the point where the cipher would otherwise be placed upon the dial, and I place the cipher or zero sign upon an indicator platelocated beneath the dial in position to normally expose the cipher at said opening. As seen in Fig. 2 this indicator plate Z has a widened upper end bearing the cipher and also above it the number 100, while the lowerend of the plate extends downward past the center of the machine and is provided with a slot embracing the upper end of the hub of the trip register wheel C, the plate at the opposite sides ofthe slot fitting in a groove in said hub, Fig. 4. Upon the under side of the plate Z nearits upper end is a plate A projecting rearward at right angles from the main plate and havmg an eye through which passes a rod B Figs. 3 and 4. A coiled spring surrounding said-rod and confined between the'post which supports the upper end of the rod and the eye plate A pressesthe indicator plate downward and tends to carry the number 100 into view at the opening 1' in the dial. The indicator plate is normally held from such downward movement by a latch arm Fig.

neath it, so that it may moveon around at succeeding operations of the machine until it has completed any part of a second revolution up to the number 99. in this manner the capacity of the trip register is increased from 99 to 199. it will be evident that its capacity might be still further increased by employing an indicator plate having the number 200 above the number 100, and arranging any suitable means to disengage the latch plate C at the first revolution of the trip register wheel, and permit the indicator plate to move downward and engage a second shoulder with the latch )late, and then disengage the latch from such second shoulder at the next revolution of the trip register wheel.

For the purpose of restorii l l p sition at eacl resetting the trip register the following devices "ed: 'lhe extreme lower end of slate i. is innnediately above a pin 1 hand end. of an arm G fig. 2, ted at its right hand end to a tie back plate, at H Pro- 11' the name G (r 1g. 4,) 1s a pm Whose outer end extends into the plane the arm G a short distance below the ame. When the latch C is disengaged rom the plate Z and. the latter drops to pose the numher 100 to view, as before explained, the contact of the lower end oi the with the pin F upon the arm. G will r1 v the latter downward i'th it (assuming the arm G to normally rest in its upper position sho until. they are arrested by the contact of the arm The will then remain in this lower position untn the resetting shaft C is slid inward (or. upward) to resetting position, whereupon, is- .sinuch as the frame G moveswith said sh alt heretofore described, he pin I" carried said frame will lift the arm G and indicator plate Z to normal position and cause the latch to reengage the shoulder on the plate and support the latter in normal position, with its cipher exposed to view, ready for the next round of operations.

So far as I am aware I am the first in the art to combine an auxiliary indicator with the dial of the trip register, to increase the v the indicator ost upon octmg from deem . capacity of the latter in this manner, re-

' it is set forth.

gardless of the form and arrangement of said indicator or the particular means for operating. it. My invention is therefore of corresponding scope and limited only by the terms of my respective claims in u'i 'ch .Thus, inasmuch as it common alternative in indicating device with the pin 1 to expose the indicator either by i indicator itself from behind a screen. or moving a screen from before the indicator, i will be evident that instead of placing the tuber noon a movable plate ind movit into vi W at the opening in the dial, itmight he placed upon a iixed plate immediately beneath 1d ope; and a movable plate such as Z he employed simply as a screen plate to hide and expose the number. in such event the cioher might be placed. upon such movable plate and be normally exposed to view at the opening in the dial and be withdrawn from View when the plate Was moved-to expose the number, as Will be readily understood. Again, even when the indicating number is placed upon a movable plate operating described it is not essential that the cipher should he placed upon such plate. It might be placed on a fixed plate immediately beneath the opening in the dial and the plate Z he so shaped or cut away to expose the cipher when the plate was in normal posi tion, but to hide it when moved to expose its number 100 to View; or the cipher may he omitted entirely, or be p ed upon the dial. Again, in event the auznliary indicator were provided with two indicating numbers, heretofore suggested, the dial and pointer might be arranged to register a hundred fares at less than a complete re volution of the pointeras a half revolution, for i1'1s'tance*in which event the auxiliaryindicator would be arranged to be moved at the end of such portion of a revolution of the pointer, instead of at the end of its complete revolution as described. t will also he understood that the auxiliary indicator might be positively moved into indicating position, instead of being moved by aspring and normally held from movement by a latch.

B is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Nova,

when the handle I is moved in either direction from normal position the pawl-carrier and arm'c are forced to the right, heretolore explained. If the handle is pulled downward the lug B will be moved upward. out of the path of travel of the lower end of the arm a toward the right, While if the handle is thrown upward the lug B will he.

moved downward, likewise out of the path of travel of the arm-o. Non", about the time the pawl-earner has been moved far enough to the right to carry the arm (4 eith r imto move the handle in-one direction far employed for attaching the register to the plate ,of the register at one side, and a hasp instance of a circular plate of somewhat less ,p'lained. This will hold the arm a directly the handle in the opposite direction, as might otherwiseibe done.

,taohed and removed whenever desired.

mediately above or immediately below the lug B, (according to the direction in which a the handle I is moved,) the shoulder h of the pawl T- will catch over the fixed member W and prevent any backward movement of the pawl-carrier, in the manner heretofore'eX- iii the return. path of the lug B and prevent any backward movement of the operating handle until said handle and the parts moved by it are given a complete forward movement, to make a registration and sound the gong, as heretofore described. In thismanner the cooperation of the arm a with the lug B compels a complete stroke of the operating handle in either direction in which it may be started, and makes it impossible enough to engage the shoulder of the pawl T with the-member W, and then reverse the movement of the pawl-carrier by a stroke of The next feature of my invention relates to novel means forattaching registers of this class to the walls of the cars in which they are used. Heretofore the means usually wall of the car has consisted of a flat lug or short plate projecting radially from the'back projecting from it at its opposite side, the former being adapted to fitin a metal pocket or receptacle permanently secured to the wall of the car, and the latter being adapted to fit over a staple driven in the wall of the car, the register being then secured in position by a pad-lock applied to the staple. There are several objections to this method of attaching the registers, among which is .the dilliculty of securing them firmly to the wall of the car, and preventing them being jarred and shaken both by the motions of the car and by the operations of the machines in registering fares; I have provided novel, simple and elficient means for securing the register to the wall of the car with perfect rigidity and firmness but at the same time permitting it to be easily and quickly de- The devices I employ for this purpose are shown more particularly in Figs. 8 to 11.

be called the attaching plate, consisting in this diameter than the register itself, and pro- Vided with a number of holes 9' for the passage of screws by which the plate is permanently secured to, the wall of the car. The plate is provided with a series of integral post's K in this instance three in number. 'lhcse 1posts are cut away at their upper or out ,n'ds to form shoulders or seats 7c and accommodate the thickness of the back late L of the register, so that when the attac ing plate is secured in vertical position upon the wall of the car and the register is then applied to it, the register will slip downward upon the plate to the osition indicated. by the drawings, the bac plate of the register fitting between the shoulders and flanged heads of the posts at the upper sides of the latter, as shown. In such position it is not possible to disengage the register from the attaching plate without first slipping it upward, to disengage its backfilate from the flanged heads of the osts. y providing means, there fore, to ock the register in its lower position upon the attaching plate andbind it against the posts it may be secured to the wall of the car with perfect rigidity and firmness. Any suitable means for this purpose may be em ployed, the novel means devised by me being shown in Figs. 4,.19 and 12. As shown the 1 lower one of the three posts K and its coincident hole in the plate L are immediately above the lower or outer bearing D" of the resetting shaft C. Formed in this hearing or lug D near its base is a threaded hole in which is screwed a lockingor binding screw M The inner or upper end of this screw bears against the lower side of the head of the adjacentpos't K thehead of the post being flattened where it fits against the end of-the screw. 'When the screw is screwed in until it presses firmly against the head of the post it will bind the back plate of theregister upon all of the posts in the position shown 1n the drawings and thereby securely and rigidly fasten the register to the attaching plate and thereby to the wall of the car.

The locking screw may be turned by any suitable key or wrench, such for instance as that shown in Fig. 12. The inner end of the wrench N there shown is hollow and adapted to fit over the reduced outer end of the screw M and is provided upon its opposite sides with two cars or projections an adapted to fit in recesses a cut in the sides of the body of the screw.

So far as I am aware I am the first in the art to secure registers of this class to the walls of the cars by means of attaching platestpefmanently secured to the walls of the cars'and provided with posts or projections supporting the registers and cooperating with openings in the back plates thereof in the manner Liar manner, r

o ,ion one class long he ear, I

town the Ll sionture cl either to the along ,om an, of j \Hlfi tli eoi', and. are especially 1 ionl sq own and. de- 1 use upon open n rs, Where the sciibecl r r t rt .ezms for coneon-inotm' posses along the sides of the car nesting the rook-sham with the .gisten noon the ioot-hoorcls as collects the fares. ihus f0 ir one the invention is equz ly I In closed oars, Where the conductor mnlioehle BO iogistors having; two independl he middle sisie it is not necessary to en operating lnmiles or actuating devices,

th sets oi Jirdevices, he can 0 istoring one Glass of fare and. the

hand. of the one Eng the Olil e class, in which in alt shaft maybe COHDBOlLCKl with may be As Show e e or lever l of the both of such sinilles or operating devices in T81 .Jioel position, in merrier that its movement in one direoposition as in Figs. 1 tion will actuate one 'oi them While its 1110 e connected by 2, link ment in the other direction will actuate the of in arm 92 Two rockfrom rooi'. l-w

' arranger wng1tizd1. lower end 1 Q es some. i

nooted witl llil" Lilli llLOv oi ol 1 car and V 1'1, i fvieoi. lilo short of hes t intervals 9 horizon" 3 be thrown towerc e registered; While upon ii i 'su' i handles the lever I'Will i wh l, of ii shoot PGl'H'liL no right and ticket fare be regj T ea erewth, 2t permanent rog-isi h LJB'illbilfOI' oonneotii n(l lis- 'istor, the o err-bin ition, with v steteo the single set of operating described sulii oient for a oloseai an open oar they will or v{a dnplicarte 21s shown. in Fi lo xer encl of tho iegis o and. 1'61, snl l,

'Wlil he seen s also comic-t e 1 J he em jourisled n: i with horizo handles Z corresponcl- 2 (lies T Owingto the fee that he rock shaft Q extends up ire-idly fro said shnfi, while the arm f of i the slit t X extends ilowi'lwardly from said i shaft, the do 0 ion of the handles T and Z and shaft, suhstmitiiilly as described. have the s eot noon the register, to- 111iiitil'(iugi$t6l', the conil'iinzition, with it, the tuition and indication of a cash the trip register wheel, of 2, shaft perms,

; while the lifting of either of said hon; nentl in gear therovit i, a register wheel dies lnisthcsome o"'eot as the lifting of the loose upon said slmi't, av clutch for connecting other, to -lit, the registration and indication and disconnecting thoin, TL resetting shaft for The conductor may, therethe "rin i E iSLQY wheel, and a shil'ter for the of tiel'ot 1121?, 1 by depmssing .n to (liseoni'iect the regis :g

i if

" J a shaftpsrnio- 110 or there, it i, a pern'ienent regisilier for connecting and olist and per). mnent register,

ior the trip reg tor, i

vitch operated by said 1' nouns to dis .ouneot the permanent ntion,

1y one of the handles it clutch port. 0 50 2oarindiceteandregisterziozish wheel and shaft when the resetting shaft is moved to resetting position, SHhStfiLIliZlftllYfiS (l-S-31ll)i3( In; fa e register, the combination of a er, a fare regist vwheal, permanent register, a

llliillulu iy in gear with the trip register wheel, a connecting member splined upon said shaft and adapted to connect the same with and disconnect it from thepermanent register, a resetting shaft for the trip register, and a shifter operated by the resetting shaft to move the connecting member to disconnect the trip register and permanent register when the resetting shaft is moved to resetting position, substantially as described. I

5. In a fare register or other device having a reciprocating member, the combination, with such member provided with a shoulder or projection, a fixed member over which the shoulder of the reciprocating member is adapted to catch in the forward movement of said member,'and means cooperating with the reciprocating, member after the completion of its forward-movement to carry the shoulder of said member out of the planeof the fixed member at the backward movement of the reel rocatmg member, substantially as and for t e purpose described.

6. In a fare register or other device, the

combination of .a reciprocating member, having the shoulder ft, the fixed member W attained to cooperate with said shoulder, and a pivoted member, adapted to. be caught by the hooked end of the member T and ear- -ried backward part of the way with and thereby lift the shoulder 72 over the end of the. member W, substantially as described. 7. In a fare register, the combination of the hooked pawl T having the shoulder h,

the fixed arm W, the-gongR, and the gong striker S cooperating with the hooked end of v the pawl T, in the'manner described.

8...In afare register or-"oth'er device, the

combinationof a reciprocating member, a

stop or abutment, and means cooperating withthe reciprocating member'to cause it to contact withthe stop when moved' quickly or 'violently,.but ermitting -it to clear the combination of a stop or abutment, a recip-- stop when move slowly, substantially as described. 9. In a fare register or other vdevice, the

yrocating' member having a shoulder oroflset tially'. as described. 10.; In a fareregister'or onone side, and a fixed member cooperating with said reciprocating member and its offset or shoulder to cause said reciprocating member to eontaot'with the stop or abutinent'when movcdquickly but ermit it to clear the stop when moved slow substanother device, .the combination of a stop or abutment, ajreciprooming-member" having a shoulder or pro-' -j ectionon its sideadjacent'saidstop, and means at-th'e opposite side of the reciprocating. n ember cooperating therewith to cause the shoulder to strike the; stop when the member is mowedquickly or violently, and to permit it to .clearthe sto when moved slowly, substantially as descri ed.-

11. In a fare register .or other device, t hei combination of a stop or abutment, a reciprocating member having a shoulder-or rojection on its side adjacent said stoj an an off-set or shoulder on its opposite si e, and a fixed member adjacent the latter side of the reciprocating member and cooperating therewithand with its shoulder or off-set to cause the shoulder upon the opposite side of the reciprocating member to contact with the stop or abutment when the member is moved quickly and permitting it to clear the stop when the member is moved'slowly, substantially as described" j 12. In a fare register or other device, the combination of a stop or abutment, a reciprocating member normally out of the plane thereof, and means cooperating with the reciprocating member to carry it, when quickly or violently moved, into contact with the stop but permitting it to clear the latter when movedslowly, substantially as described. 13. In a fare register or other device, the combination of a stop or abutment, a recip-- rocating member having a shoulder on its side adjacent said step and normally out of the plane thereof, and a fixed member at the opposite side of the reciprocating member c.0- operating therewith to move it, when quickly or violently operated to position to cause its shoulder to strike the stop, but permitting the shoulder to clear the stop when the mem- .4 her is movedslowly, substantially as de- 1 scribed,

14; In a fare register or other-device, the combination of a stop X, amecrprocatino member, T, having a shoulder i, and a fixed member, W", over which the member, T rides in its forward movement and cooperating therewith to cause the shoulder i to strike the stop X when the member T is moved uicklyv, and permitting the said shoulder to cear the stop when it is moved slowly, substantially as described.

p 15. In a fare register or other device, the combination. of the yielding stop X, a reciprocating member T having the shoulder'i on k on its opposite side, the fixed member W upon which the member T rests and travels in its forward movement, and means, cor operating with the member T at the end ofits side adjacent the stop X and the shoulder its forward movement to lift it as it moves backward and carry the shoulder h over the end of the member W, substantially as described. i I

16. In a fare register,"the combination of the yielding stop X, the pawl T having the shoulders i and h, the fixed member W, the gong R, and'the gong striker S cooperating with. the hooked end of the pawl T, subst-antially' as described.

- 17. In a fare register or other device, the

combination. 'of a reciprocating member,

havinga SllOUldGl OT'PI'OjGCbIOH UPOII one I side, a yielding stop, and'means cooperating 18. The combination of the rt-iciprocating member T having the hooked end and provided with the shoulder 71, of the pivoted member S having the projection U coopcrating with the hooked end of the member T, and the yielding stop X cooperating with the member '1" and its shoulder 'i, substantially as and for the purpose described.

19. In a fare register, the combination of the reciprocating pawl T having the shoulder i and the hooked end, the gong R, the gong striker S having the projection U cooperating with the hooked end of the pawl T, and the yielding stop X cooperating with the pawl T and its shoulder t, substantially as described.

20. In a fare register, the combination of the arms or plates R U oscillating together and the latter provided with a lug or projection B, the pawl-carrier E actuated by the arm K and having a projection a cooperating with the lug B of the plate U, and means for preventing return of the pawl-carrier to initial position, after it has been moved forward therefrom, until it has been given a complete forward movement, for the purpose described.

21. In a fare register, the combination of the rock shaft J and the operating lever I and thearms or plates K U fast thereon, the plate U being provided with a lug or projection B, the pawl-carrier E actuated by the arm K and having a projection a cooperating with the lug B, the pawl T having the shoulder it, the fixed member W cooperating 'withthe shoulder h of the pawl, and a piv ot-cd member, as S, having the projection U cooperating with the hooked end of the pawl T, as and for the purpose described.

22. In a fare register employing a fixed circular dial and a rotary pointer movable thereover to indicate the number of fares collected on a single trip, the combination, with such fixed dial and rotary pointer, of an auxiliary indicator located beneath the dial and normally hidden, and means operating to antomatically' expose it to view at the end of a complete rotation of the pointer over the dial, for the purpose described.

23. In a fare register, the combination, with the pointer and dial of the trip register, the latter provided with an opening opposite the initial position of the pointer, of a mov able plate arranged beneath the dial and pro-- vided with a cipher normally exposed at the opening in the dial and with a number nor- 'mally hidden, and means for moving said plate at the end of a revolution of the pointer 'into position to hide the cipher and expose the number upon said plate to view at the opeping in the dial, tor the purpose descrieed.

24. In a fare register employing -fixed circular dial and a rotary pointer movable thereover to indicate the number of fares col lected on a single trip, the combination, with such fixed dial and rotary pointer, of an auxiliary indicator located. beneath the dial and normally hidden, and means operated by the rotary movement of the pointer over the dial to automatically expose said indicator to view at the end ofa complete rotation of the pointer over said dial, for the purpose de scribed. 1

25. In a fare register employing a Iixed circular dial and a rotary pointer movable illGl'fiOVtI to indicate the number of fares collected on a single trip, the combiin'ttion, with such fixed dial and rotary pointer, of a movable indicator platc located beneath the iixed dial adjacent the initial position of the I pointer and provided with a figure normall v posite the initial position of the pointer, of an auxiliary indicator arranged adjacent said opening and having a cipher normally exposed' anda number normally hidden, and means coopei'atingwitli the trip register for automatically exposing the number and hiding the cipher at the end of a pro-determined movement of the pointer, for the purpose de scribed.

27. In a fare register, the combin tion, with the pointer and dial of the trip reg' the latter provided with an opening opposn' e the initial position of the pointer, of a movable indicator plate arranged beneath the dial and provided with a cipher normally exposed to view at the opening and with a number normally hidden from view, and means ing position, and a trip for the latch operated by the trip register to release the indicator and ceases permit it to move to indicating position, for t c purpose described.

I 29. in a fare register, he combination, with tile pointer and dial of the trip register, the latter, provided with an opening, of. a movable indicator plate arranged beneath h the'dial adjacent the opening and bearing a number normally hidden from view, and tending to move into position to expose its number to View at the opening, a latch or detent cooperating with the plate to hold it in normal position, and a trip for the latch operated by the trip register to release the plate and permit it to move to indicating position,

for the purpose described.

30. Ina fare register, the combination, with the poir'iterand dial of the trip register,

' the latter provided with an opening opposite the ini'tialposition of the pointer, of a movable indicator arranged beneath the dial and provided with a cipher normally exposed at the {ipening and with a nmnber normallyhidden, a spring tending to move the indicator to position to expose its'number to view at the opening, a latch for holding the indicator in normal posit-ion, and a trip for the latch v actuated by the trip register to release the there over to indicatethe number of fares.

' auxiliary indicator arranged adjacent the- I I imtial osition pf the po nter and cooporating wit 1 the pointer and dial to increase the 40,

-indicator at the end of a revolution of the pointer and permit the spring to move it t position to ex ose its number to view at the openin for t e purpose described.

31. 1-1 a fare register employing a fixed circular dial and a rotary pointer movable collected on a single trip, the combination, with such fixed dial and rotary pointer, of an capacity of the trip register, means for'turn-. 'ing the pointer backward over thedial to initial position, and means for returning the auxiliary indicator to normal position at eachbackwardmovementof the pointer, for

the purpose described. a 32. In a fare register employing a fixed .circula'r dial and a rotary pointer movable thereover to indicate the number of fares .1. collected on a single trip, the combination, "with such fixed dial and rotary pointer, of an- 1 auxiliary indicator arranged beneath the dial adjacent the initial position of the pointer and normally hidden from view, means for exposing it toview at the end of a complete rotation of the pointer over'thedial, means for turning the pointer backward over the dial to initial position, and means operated.

by such backward-movement of the pointer j .for restoring the auxiliary indicator to nor- 33., In a jfare. register, the combination? jmal positionyfor the purpose described;

with the pointer and: dial. of the gri register, the latter provided With an..- opening, of a movable indicator late arranged beneath oo t'he dial'landjprovi ed with a cipher nor.

mally exposed to view at the opening and operating with the trip register for automatically moving said plate into position to expose its number and hide the cipher at the end of a predetermined movement of. the pointer, resetting means for the trip register, and means cooperating with such resetting means to restore the indicator plate to normal position at each resetting of the trip register.

- with anumber normally hidden, means (10- 34. In a fare register employing, a fixed vcircular dial and a rotary pointer movable.

thereover to indicate the number of fares collected on a single trip, the combination, with such fixed dial and rotary ointer, of an auxiliaryindicator normally ridden from view and independent of the dial as to its numbers, moans cooperating with the rotary pointer for automatically exposing the indirator to View at the end ol' a complete rotation of the pointer over the, dial, means for moving the pointer backward over the dial to initial position, and means operated by such back-ward movement or the pointer for l'QRtOl'll'lg the auxiliary indicator to normal position.

- in a fare, register, the combination, with the pointer and-dial of the trip reg1ster,

of an auxiliary indicator cooperating therewith, means tending to exposeit to View, a

latch or detent for holding it unexposed, a

trip for the latch operated by the trip'registor, for the purpose described; resetting mez'ms for the register, and means cooperating with such resetting meahs to restorethc indicator to normal position at eaph-resetting of thetrip register.

:36. In a fare register, the combination,

with the pointer and dial of the trip register,

the latter provided with an opening,.of a

move said'plate into position to expose its number to View at-thc opening in the dial,

movable indicator plate arranged beneath the dial and irovided with a number nor-, mally hidden rom view, asprmg tendmgto a latch forholding the plate in normal position,a trip for the latch operated by the trip register, resetting means for the trip register,

operating with the plate to hold it in normal,

position againstthe stress of'the spring, and a trip for the-latch operated by the trip register, substantially as and for the purpose described.

S. in rt fare register, the combination, 7 employing two register with the pointer A and (iizti B the hitter prot'crent cia ses of fares, vi rider] with the oyening r, of the indicator sting either register at piste Pi" iii-ranged henetith the dial and. procorresponding chiss of virieri with the nuniher 100 adjacent the i inountetlin snitzthie supports opening Y but nornieiiy hidden from View a. "nigitudineiiy of the car in win it the re spring; tending to more the plate Z to posiused, and at opted to be rocked in oppo iti number, the ietch t 2 c directions from nornnii position connecie pinto to hohi it in normal tions between said shaft and the opereti position a ry the stress oi the spring, :1 devices of the register by which that/timing of 75 trip for the hitch operated by the trip I the shaft in one direction from normal positer, the entiwise niovehie resottir tion Wiii actuate the register to re gis er or-e and means intermertiste said sinn t and. t 3 cioss of hire Whiie the turning of the e indicator piste Z for resetting the hitteifat L osii direction from normai po ition wiii ouch resetting of the trip register, suhstzn :1 t rate it. to register the other eiass of fare, so tiziiiy as and for the purpose described. and ti series of handles projecting iroin the 3). The co'mhinzition, with a hire register, rook shaft, whereby upon moving any one of an attaching pinto adapted to he perms oi. iii handles in one direction from normsnei'itiyst t red to the (iii of the car and proi position one class of i'sre will he reg tered rider! with :1 series of intcj'iil posts having 1 upon the register, while upon mow flanged, heads adapted to on perarte4rith re-i one of them in the opposite direction cesses or openings in the back plate "'0 r i ifnorniai position the other chiss oi register in the manner described, and mean i registered.

for securing the register in pier-e upon said 1 44. The combination, with e, for

with the hinges of the letter engaging enquioying two registers for resistorfw the heck piste oi the register end preventing i terent classes of fares, and means ren'iovzii thereof. ing either register wiii to re" 40. The L' OJUb'iYiRii J'It, with it fare sgister, res ending ciass oi fore, of an attaching piste adopted to he 'pornnimounted in s itehie supports and ext nenti p tired to the wnii of the co" and proaiong opposite sides the ear in r-xhich th 1 videii with s series of integral posts hov'n'ig register is used, and each sdepted to he flanged heads cooperating with holes in the rocked. in opposite directions from normal hock piste oi the register, and means cooppesition, a. series of handles projectingi n crating with on ofsziiii Poss for binding or said rocieshaiits, and connections between dumping-the registerimposition upon ail oi. said shafts and the actuating (iOVluQS of 100 the posts iritii the flanged hoe-sis oi the letter the register by which the movement of the engaging the back piste of theregi3ter anti iii-indies of either shaft ins given direction oin normal position will actuate ti 1 preventng it reniovei.

ii. "i 2 con'ioinetion, with 12+" .t i L 75 s l A v 4 v I i heats i i direct on [roan .n n'nnti position wiii sonnet" ister f to register one oiass of fare, "tnie the moveinc t of either set of handles iii the opposit- 105 e previzi iii with the flange e tiers or seats is, said heads her i e register to er the other class of pass through hoie in the ht in'e, Wherohy'the nim'einent oi any one of the register and permitting viii: birch pi 191 series of hsndies in one direction front to rest upon the shoni ic 7r, t i: hind nisi position .riii cause one of fare no or ehnnping SCK'CV." M? *ig in till'QQ-LiSQ tered, whiie the HiOfQll of any one of tiiBlll in the opposite till i .i normal position wiii cause the other loss or fare to he registered.

bore in the ter tUIl-O and, engaging oe of the posts is, thereby hunting or clamping the back plate and ii of the posts u'ostsn tiaiiy as described. 7 -5. The coini'iiniition, with a fare register 115 42. The combination, with a fare register, embodying; a trip register and two P611113,"

nent registers for registering diti'e. of fares and means for :ictuziting trip register-end either pernmns to register the corresponding a rock-shaft mounted in suite :nti extending io 'uriinsiiy of tn which the register is used, and adopted to he rocked in opposite iiirections from normal of the s taching piste J having the posts LI provided with the flanged heads Z and shouiders or seats it, said hearts being adapted to pass through holes in the him piste if of the register ei'iit permit said heck piste to rest upon the shouhi' r 75 and the chnnping or binding s, rung in a threaded here in t )2180 of the support D of the re setting s s t engagins the head Z oi position connections between saii'i sh rtend 12 the pos h siiiti shaft, said screw the operating devices the register by hevin ie proic reduced portion endt which the turning of the shaft, in one direcnotches n- 7L adapted to cooperate with the tion from normal posit-ion Wiii actuate the keyo onch hi", suhstsnt is bed. trip register and on nnent register to iiie the turning of ,registers, while the movement of either set of mal position will actuate the'trip register and movement of any one of either series of hanit in the opposite direction from normal posiother permanent register to register the other class of fare, and a'series of handles projecting from the rock-shaft, whereby upon moving any one of said handles in one direction from normal positior'rone class of fare will be registered upon the fare register, while upon moving any one of them in the opposite direction from normal position the other class of fare will be registered. i

A6. The combination, with a fare register embodying a trip register and two permanent registers for registering diil'erent classes of fares, and means for actuating at will the trip register and either permanent register, to register the corresponding class of fare, of ,two rock-shafts mounted in suitable supports and extending along opposite sides of the ear in which the register is used, and each adapted to be rocked in opposite directions from, normal position a series of handles projecting from said roek-shafts, -aml connec-, tions between said shafts and the actuating devices of the register by which the movement of the handlesof either shaft in a'given direction from normal position will actuate the trip register and one of the permanent tion will actuate the trip register and the l handles in the opposite direction from nor.-

the other permanent register, whereby the dies in one direction from normal position will cause one class of fare to be registered, while the movementof any one of them in the opposite direction from normal position will cause't-h'e other class of fare to be registered.-

' 47. The combination, with a fare register embodying a trip register and twopermanent registers for registering dill'e'l'ent classes of iares, and having the operating lever I whose movement inonr direction causes one class of fare to be registered and Whose move-- ment in the opposite direction causes'.the other class of fare to be registered, of the two rock-shafts Q X mounted in suitable supports along the sides of the car in which the register, is used, and each adapted to be rocked in opposite directions from normal position, the arms P V? fast upon the respective shafts and one projecting above its shaft and the other below its shaft, the links or bars 0 U connecting the arms P V with the lover I, and a series of handles '1 Z fast upon the respective shafts, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

48. 111 a fare register, the combination, with thetrip register and 'resetting devices therefor embodying an endwise movable resetting shaft, and a trip indicator, actuated by theendwise movements of said resetting shaft, of a-latch for holding the shaft in resetting position when moved thereto, said latch hi ving two latching engagements, the

.means for actuating the trip register and either permanentregister at will, a fare indicator for indicating the different classes of fares, and a gong and sounding mechanism.

therefor, of a mufiling or deadening device operated by the fare indicator and cooperating with the gong to muffle or deaden thesound of the latter when the indicator is moved toposltion to indicate one class of fare, and to permit the gong to giveforth a clear sound when the indicator is moved to position to indicate the other class of fare.

' 50. In a fare register, the eombinatiqn, with a trip register and two permanent reg1s ters for registering different classes of fares,

means for actuating the trip register and either permanent register at will, and the gong and a sounding mechanism therefor, of the fare indicator for indicating the difierent classes of fare, the rock shaft Z actuated b the operatinganeans of the register to shi the fareindieator to indicate the differentclasses of fare, and the arm 0 earried'by the shaft Z and cooperating with the gong in the manner and for the purpose described.

' LEO EHRLICII.

Witnesses: 1 i

W. PALMER CLARKSON, Amos S. PARTRIDGE. 

